[F]or it is in pardoning that we are pardoned.... from the Prayer of Saint Francis
I wonder if my pardoning Gertrude doesn't pardon me by my Father through Gertrude? Giving Gertrude a double win...not to mention me, of course.
There it is...forgiveness, the gift that doubles down, is born again and again and again with every grateful thought we have of the wonder of it.
The only jammer to the gift of forgiveness is our reasoning mind...sneaking in the back door with its yes, but....
Lesson learned: Never resist a yes, but. Our resistance is the only invitation needed to get us down in the hogwallow. From which we can never emerge clean, much less a winner.
Another lesson...this one aborning: The best response to a yes, but is agreement, as in, I know, you're right...let's ask for God's will anyway.
I wish I could say (without lying) that I have proven this. It has only recently been gifted me, and, like most spiritual growth, will take repeating before I own it. But I do know it heads me in the right direction...away from self toward God.
God loves me so much. Right back atcha, God 💓
Thank you.
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